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Belleville's Wine, Dine and Jazz Festival Announces Lineup

August 25, 2012

Belleville's Wine, Dine and Jazz Festival has announced the lineup of musicians for its 2012 event, which will be held Friday, October 19 and Saturday, October 20 in the square in downtown Belleville. On Friday, the festival will feature the Yard Dawgs Jazz Quartet, the Usual Suspects, and Musica Slesa. Saturday's roster includes guitarist Tom Byrne ...

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George Wein Announces 2013 Dates For Newport Folk And Jazz Festivals

August 16, 2012

NEWPORT, RI: George Wein, Chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., is pleased to announce the dates of the 2013 Folk and Jazz festivals in Newport, RI. The 2013 Newport Folk Festival® will be held July 27-28 and the Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management is set for August 2-4. Additional information will ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Jazz Film Festival 2012

August 11, 2012

As we did last year around this time, this week we're taking a break from the usual routine of previewing upcoming shows and showcasing St. Louis musicians for a sort of summer vacation post, featuring a half-dozen full-length jazz films for your late summer viewing and listening pleasure. Our ...

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The 24th Edition Of The Earshot Jazz Festival – "Seattle’s Most Important Annual Jazz Event” – Runs October 12 To November 4, 2012

August 9, 2012

Seattle’s annual Earshot Jazz Festival returns October 12 and continues through November 4 with more than 50 distinctive concert events in venues all around the city. Known for “adventurous, spot-on programming” (JazzTimes) and praised as “one of the best festivals in America” (Seattle Times), the Earshot Jazz Festival brings jazz greats from around the world into ...

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Jazz This Week: The Great Barrier Reefs, St. Louis Cabaret Festival, Don Schroeder's Happy-Go-Lucky Jazz Band, and More

August 9, 2012

This week's jazz and creative music calendar in St. Louis features some Caribbean-flavored jazz-fusion, three nights of cabaret, and some traditional prewar jazz, plus much more. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, the aforementioned Caribbean flavor manifests itself in the form of the Nashville-based funk/fusion band The Great Barrier Reefs (pictured), who are playing at Pop's ...

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The Fabulous Cohen Brothers ... Plus Sister

August 9, 2012

Early this year in a conversation with Anat Cohen, she expressed the joy she feels when she performs with her two equally talented siblings, brothers Yuval (older) and Avishai (younger) on sax and trumpet, respectively. She said she had been watching Albert and Jimmy Heath and marveled at the vibe between them. (As also existed when ...

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9th Annual Wall Street Jazz Festival in Kingston, NY

August 9, 2012

Labor Day weekend, August 31-September 1, Uptown Kingston, presenting this year's festival opens on Friday, August 31, at 8:00 p.m. with “The Art of the Duo." Held at BackStage Productions, a renovated nineteenth-century vaudeville house on Wall Street, this unique format will present four renowned jazz artists performing in various duo combinations. And at just $15 ...

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Greg Osby And Cohort Of Rising Stars Present 4-Night International Jazz Festival In New York

August 8, 2012

“Our artists endeavor towards producing works which will reveal the best that fearless and idealistic thinkers can achieve in art music.” —Greg Osby NEW YORK, New York: On September 12-14 and 16, Greg Osby’s independent record label, Inner Circle Music, will present eleven of its daring and forward-thinking artists in live performance in the form of ...

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Master-Jam Fest - International Festival Invites Jazz Improvisers!

August 7, 2012

The International Festival-Contest of Jazz Improvisation Skills “Master-Jam Fest" from Odessa ("a jazz capital" of Ukraine, cultural & touristic center near Black Sea) has started an online preselection of jazz musicians, improvisers. It was founded by Mikhail Freidlin, the well-known author and producer of the legendary “Jazz Carnival in Odessa" in Ukraine and abroad. Master Jam ...

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Sixth Annual Waukesha BluesFest This Weekend

August 7, 2012

The entertainment line-up for Waukesha BluesFest, August 10 & 11 at Naga-Waukee Park in Delafield, Wisconsin, features 14 national, regional and local blues acts, an art show and an exceptional dining experience from local restaurants. “The Waukesha Rotary Club is thrilled with the music line-ups we have put together for the sixth annual Waukesha BluesFest,” said ...